Life-saving device for children



Aug 7 i E. KARIKAS LIFE SAVI NG DEVICE FOR CHILDREN Filed March 6. 1926 INVENTIg Hijah ffar//fd ATTQRNEY f Fig. 1 of thedrawing is a n view, partly in perspective, or'y my improved Patentamt. 2, 1927.N y g l UNITED VSTA res,

n ELIZABETH KARIKASQOF Mcxnnsronr, PENNSYLVANIA. i

LIFE-SAVING lnnvlcliron CHILDRE.

Application filed Meri; ye, y(192e. i semaine. 92,909. y n s x This invention relates generally to life savingdeviees used in case of fire in build. ings, the `invention having more particular reference to a novel type ,of life savingldef vice especiallyadaptedtor children, which' lwill rkpermit descending from the vupper*y stories of buildings withoutinjury.

y A yi'urther.object of L.the invention 1s .the provision of an improved lite saving .device l '.10 which will permit children y,to descend from the upper stories of buildingsata relatively slow rate of Speed, so asnot y,to injure the- Children.` f f v Another object ofthe invention is the provision of aI means of preventing a shocl'to f thefch-ildren carried byfmv `improvedlite saving device, when reaching the ground. y, For further comprehension' of the invention, and ofn the` objects and advantages f thereof, reference will behad to the tollow- .fing ldescription and accompanying drawing, and to the rappended,claim in which the variou.s-novel -features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

lite saving device. y f

Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevational view of my improved lifesaving bag, as 3 shown in Fig. 1. f

Fig. 3 is a similar view, but` showing my improved life saving bag unbuttoned, as it would appear when ready to be used. y

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of my improved life savingdevice.

` Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1. y

As here embodied my improved lite saving device comprises a bag, of any suitable heavy material, such as canvas or the like,

consisting of a rear element 10, of any suitable shape, and having a notched portion 11,

y at its upper edge, and provided with a ilap 12. The front element-13. is shaped similar f 45 to the rear element 10, and is sewn, stitched,-

r,or otherwise attached to the rear element '10, as at ,14, with the exception o'tithe portion of the edge adjacent to thesaid lap'12, the

flap 12 is provided with button holes 15 to receive the buttons k16 attached `to the portion of the edge of the frontL element 13,y

adjacent to the lflap 12, orany Simil.ar'su-itable means. The looped straps 17, are sewn, stitched, or otherwise attached to the upper '55 portionsof the said rear elementk 10, and

the said rfront element 13, at their eXtrem1-- front elevational Imy improved life saving ba ties, as at 18. f The abover describedr conright angles thereto, to accommodate the rod 422, whiclris rigidily attached thereto.. The

bracket 19. is also provided with an upper yoke 23, and a lower yoke 24, extended therejfroni'at right anglemand in an opposite direction to the upper extended portionr 20, and the lowermextended portion 21.` The upper pulley 25, andthe lower pulley 26, 'are rota- ,tively mounted on thepinS ,2T-and 28 re- Tlie intermediate pulley 29. yis rotatively mounted on the pin ,30,y rigidly attached to ythe kextremities 31 of the support y32 preferably U shaped, and slidably mounted between the protruding portions 33 of the bracket `19, and centrally positioned on the y `bracket 19. The coil spring 34 is vdisposed between the bracket 19 and the head 35 of the support 32. and is held in place by a suit. able protruding portion 26 of thebracket, and the protruding portion 37 oit' the disc .38, which is attached to the adjusting screw 39, threadedly. attached to the head 35, and held in any desired relative position thereyfrom by the lock nut 40.

`The above mentioned construction is such as will allow the .intermediate pulley 29 to press the rope 41 against the bracket 19, any desired amount, by adjusting the screw 39, as to, permit a relatively slow rate of speed, y'when a child or children placed in A g, descends there-v in, from the upper stories of buildings. It being" understood that the rope 41, is at tached, at its upper extremity at or near the window of the building, andis of suitable length ytoreach the ground.

The support 32 has an extended kportion spectively, rigidly attached to the'Y upper s, yoke 28: and the lower yoke 24` respectively. f

50, at its head 35, adapted to receive a por? tion or' the spring 47, normally adjacent v thereto, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, of the accompanying drawing. f The attachingl member 42, is slidably attached, at one extremity, to the said rod 22,

yas at 43, and extends therefrom, at an upwardly inclined angle, and is provided with an eye 44 to receive the strap 45, which is passed through the eye 44 and through the said looped straps 17, and has its extremities attached togetheras at 46t V'It being understood that the attaching member is therefore not detachable, so as to preventV misplacing of my improved/life saving bagV when required. It will be further under-- stood thatrthe coil spring 47, is positloned on the r-od 22, so as to normally hold the attaching member 42 in an upper' extended Y position. It being also understood that When the.-,supporting member strikes vthe ground, that the 'coil springv 47, Will cushionV the shock, or jolt.'y

lVhile 'I have Vabove described the vpreferred form, construction, and arrangement ofthe several elements employed, it Will be understood that the .device is, nevertheless,

l AV ksusceptible .of f considerable `modification therein, and I therefore reserve the privilege Vvof resorting to allsuch changes asmay be fairlyv embodied Within the spirit and scope of the` invention as claimedi 4 n i Having thus described my invention, what i I claimlasnew and desire to protect by LetftersjPatentof the United States isas fol- ,In a ldevice ofthe class described, a supn porting member comprising a bracket pro-V vided with an upper extendedportion, and

a'l'ower extended portion, at right angles thereto, to accommodate a rod rigidly attached thereto, said bracket provided with an upperyoke and a lower yoke, extended therefrom at right angles, and in an oppo-l site ,direction to the said upper extended portionV andthe said lower extended portion,

protruding portionsY of the said bracket, and centrally vpositioned on thefsaid bracket, a coil spring'disposed between the said bracket andy the head of thev said support, ,and held AU shaped support, slidably mount-ed between in place by a protruding portion ofthe said i' bracket, anda protruding` portion of' afdisc attached Yto an adjusting screw threadedly attached to the said head ofthe said sup- 'port-,fsaid adjusting screw provided'witha lock nut. v c In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. y

f ELIZABETH KARIKAS., 

